- Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Phone: 979-458-9841
- Email: ankit.sri@tamu.edu
- Office: RDMC 211
- Website: Research Website

Educational Background
- Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas - 2013
- M.S., Physics, University of North Texas - 2013
- M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas - 2011
- B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, India - 2007
Research Interests
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- Micromechanical Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials
- Microstructure-based Crystal Plasticity Finite Element Modeling
- Phase Transformations, Statistical Fracture Modeling
- Quantifying Constitutive Behavior of Materials by Small Scale Experiments
- In-situ Mechanical Testing
- Failure Analysis
- Microstructure Design
Awards & Honors
- First Place in the Best Student Paper Award at the ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Houston, TX
- Haythornthwaite Foundation/Applied Mechanics Division Travel Award to attend ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Houston, TX
- Academic Achievement Scholarship, University of North Texas, 2010-2013
- Member, the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi and Alpha Chi National College Honor Society
Selected Publications
- A. Srivastava, H. Ghassemi-Armaki, H. Sung, P. Chen, S. Kumar, A. F. Bower, 2015. Micromechanics of plastic deformation and phase transformation in a three-phase TRIP-assisted advanced high strength steel: Experiments and Modeling. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 78, 46-69
- A. Srivastava, A. Needleman, 2015. Effect of crystal orientation on porosity evolution in a creeping single crystal. Mechanics of Materials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmat.2015.01.015
- S. Osovski, A. Srivastava, J.C. Williams, A. Needleman, 2015. Grain boundary crack growth in metastable titanium ß alloys. Acta Materialia, 82, 167-178
- S. Osovski, A. Srivastava, L. Ponson, E. Bouchaud, V. Tvergaard, K. Ravi-Chandar, A. Needleman, 2015. The effect of loading rate on ductile fracture toughness and fracture surface roughness. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 76, 20-46
- A. Srivastava, L. Ponson, S. Osovski, E. Bouchaud, V. Tvergaard, A. Needleman, 2014. Effect of inclusion density on ductile fracture toughness and roughness. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 63, 62-79
- A. Srivastava, A. Needleman, 2013. Phenomenological modeling of the effect of specimen thickness on the creep response of Ni-based superalloy single crystals. Acta Materialia, 61, 6506-6516
- A. Srivastava, A. Needleman, 2013. Void growth versus void collapse in a creeping single crystal. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 61, 1169-1184
- A. Srivastava, S. Gopagoni, A. Needleman, V. Seetharaman, A. Staroselsky, R. Banerjee, 2012. Effect of specimen thickness on the creep response of a single crystal superalloy. Acta Materialia, 60, 5697-5711
- A. Srivastava, A. Needleman, 2012. Porosity evolution in a creeping single crystal. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 20, 035010